Window-shade roller.



W. L. MARION. WINDOW SHADE-ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28.1908. 928,060, Patented July 13, 1909.

WILLIAM L. MARION, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-SHADE ROLLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed April 28, 1908. Serial No. 429,750.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. MARION, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew'Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window ShadeRollers, of which the following isa specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in window shade rollers and shadeattaching devices therefor, the object of the invention being to providethe window shade roller with means whereby the shade may be readilyattached to and detached from the roller and the use of tacks or otherfastening devices obviated and the said inventionconsists in theconstruction and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings :.Figure 1 is a erspective view of aportion of a wlndow' sha e roller embodying my improvements, alsoshowing a portion of the shade attached to the roller. I Fig. 2 is adetail perspective View of the shade-securingstrip. Fi 3 is an endelevation of the roller, showing the shade attached thereto. Fig. 4 is adetail trans- 5 is a detail section of t dove-tailed groove,

verse sectional view of the roller showing the shade attaching strip inplace therein. Fig.

e upper portion of the shade.

The roller 1 which may otherwise be an ordinary spring roller is, inaccordance with my invention, provided in one side with a recess orchamber 2 which extends from end to end thereof and opens at one side ofthe roller. I also prov1de a shade attaching strip 3 which is made ofsheet metal and is bent m triangular form, transversely, of a size andshape to enable such strip to be inserted in the groove 2 of the roller.The sidewalls 4 of such strip conver e but do not come in contact witeach ot er and when the said strip is in place in the groove 2, theouter edges of such converging side walls extend to the surface of theroller and a slot 5 is formed between such edges to receive the windowshade 6.

The usual journal disks or caps 7 on the ends of the rollers kee thestrip 3 in place and one of such caps has a notch 8 in one side whichmay be turned into and out of register with one end of the strip so asto cover or uncover such end of the strip as .the

may be' desired. When the said notch uncovers said end of the strip, theshade may be attached to or detached from the roller in the mannerhereinafter described. The upper end of the shade is doubled to form adouble seam or folds which present flanges or 'ribs that roject from oposite sides of plane of t e shade, the oubled portions of t e shadebeing stitched together at a point midway between the outer edges ofsaid flanges or ribs, as indicated at 10, in Fig. 5, the said doubledportion of the shade forming a sto or enlargement 9. The said doubleseam 1s adapted to be placed in the v stri 3 by inserting the shade inthe slot 5 of suc strip and moving such shade endwise with reference tothe roller as will be understood and the said double seam or stop deviceby coming in contact with the outwardly converging side walls of thestrip serves to securely fasten the shade to the roller. In ordertoremove the shade from the roller, it is only necessary to first uncoverone end of the strip and to then draw the shade out fromthe roller. thecap ,having the notch 8 may be secured so as to have such notch alwaysin register with and uncovering one end of the strip as there is littleor no tendency of the shade to become withdrawn from the roller when theshade is in use.

Having thus described the invention, what Practically I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is z-- 1. The combination of a shadehaving a stop at one end, a roller having alongitudi'nal groove in oneside presenting outwardly con verging side walls extending longituinally of the roller for the reception of the shade and adapting thestop device of the shade to be placed in the said strip and between saidoutwardly converging walls, and jour-. naled disks or caps on the endsof the roller, one of said disks or caps being partially revoluble onthe roller having a notch in one side of suflicient size to uncover oneend of said fastening strip when turned to register with said notch. g

2. A roller having a longitudinal groove in one side presentingoutwardly converging walls and a slot between said walls narrower thansaid groove, in combination with a shade extending through said slot andpro- Vided at its inner or uplper end with a dou- In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature bled portion formin f0 ds presenting 0 poin presenceof two witnesses. sitely extending ri s or flanges to ear againstthe'sides of said groove and prevent WILLIAM LT MARION 5 casualdetachment of said shade, said folds Witnesses:

being stitched together at a point midway S. ROWLAND,

between their outer edges. EDITH I. HILL.

